RockPool Dining Group Caught Underpaying Workers $1.6m

A review of annualised salaries paid to its employees during the
2017-18 financial year revealed workers were owed $1.6 million in
wages.

Rockpool Dining Group was formed through the merger of Urban
Purveyor Group, Fratelli and Rockpool during 2015 and 2016. The
Group employs around 2,400 people and has an annual payroll of
approximately $100 million. Like many businesses in the restaurant
industry, the Group has had to work hard to replace and modernise
legacy systems and procedures and that work continues.

The company released a statement saying:

"We are now notifying eligible employees of their personal
outcomes, and will begin processing payments immediately"

The statement said the business was working hard to overcome
an issue affecting the hospitality industry as a whole.

"Like many businesses in the restaurant industry, the Group
has had to work hard to replace and modernise legacy systems and
procedures and that work continues," it said.

The statement said the complexity of managing a payroll of staff
involving multiple shifts, sites and rosters posed "an
industry-wide challenge".